Clip for pens, pencils, and similar articles.



vvvided with a ball bearing navnn vanima, or New YORK,- N. Y.

Maaate.

. Application filed May 27, 1915. Serial o. 30,?57.

To all whom t mag/concern.'

Be it known that l, DAVED ZAKIM, a citizen of Russia, and a residentof New York city, inthe county of Bronx. and State of New`York, have lnvented certain new and useful llmprovements in Clips for Fens, Pencils, and Similar Articles, f which 'the following is a specification.

This invention'relates to a clip for pens,A pencilsy and similar articles which is pro- 'for lengagement f withthe garment, andpcomprises more particularly novel and eiiicient means for rotatably mounting the ball within the body of the clip, in a simple and durable manner.

lin the accompanyingdrawing: Figure l is a front view of a clip embodying my inof theA finger.

v permanently secured `vided with a socket vention, showing the same affixed to a fountain pen; Fig. 2 a side view thereof; Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of the clipl detached; Figa a front view of the clip blank; Fig..5 a section through the socket, and Fig. 6 a front view of a modification of the clip.

rllhe device comprises essentially a preferably tapering finger 1, adapted to be secured at its upper end to a fountain pen or similar article 2. 'As shown in Figs. 1-3, the finger may for that purpose-be provided" with an upper split ring 3, projecting fromitsinner face and adapted to grasp said article, while with the construction shown' in Fig. 6," it is thereto by rivets 4. `At its lower or free end, the'fnger is pro- 5 made in the form of a ring Tand arranged substantially in the plane The yring is of concave or tapering shape in cross section and accommodates a ball 6' which is securely grasped l by vthe socket, while capable of. a universal c Specification of Letters Patent.

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scribed, the ball will protrude sidewise from the'socket, seas to come into engagement with the garment 'when the pen is inserted into the pocket Qr removed therefro'nnl Owing to the fact that'the ball may freely turn in all directions, it `will during Suchintroduction or removal, always rotate .on an axis at right angles t0 that of the finger, so that friction is avoided even though the pen be slipped into the pocket at an inclination to the vertical.

ln constructing the device, there are formed on the bendable blank 'of the finger,

two dished rings? and 8 (Fig. 4) arranged below one another. The ball is placed in` the upper ring, and then the lowerring is bent against the inner face of the upper ring, so as to form a bipartite'socket at the lower end of the linger that encompasses ythe ball. By bending the lower ring against theinner, and not against the outer, face of the upper ring i. e. against that face ofthe finger from which the clip attaching means project, the

pressure exerted bythe ball when the device is in use, will not have a tendency to spread the two moieties ofthe socket, so that in this waxy the durabilityV of the device is insured.

claim:

A clip for a pen dr similar article, comprising a finger having upper attaching means extending from the inner face thereof, -a first socket member'at the basefof the finger;y a'secondrannular socket member in# tegral with the finger and bent against the inner face of the first named socket member,

and a' ball rotatably mounted said mem# bers. DAVED ZKIM. 

